For the first time, four major airlines of the world have joined hands to support a global scheme to check carbon emissions from the aviation industry. 

Airlines in Europe plan to cut carbon emissions by changing landing procedure.

The Environment Agency of the United Kingdom has been assigned to supervise the European Union’s forthcoming plan to cap emissions from the aviation sector.

Four top airlines of the world have requested that greenhouse-gas emissions by the aviation industry be included in a new, broader global climate pact.

The controversy and protests regarding building a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport took a new turn with protestors buying the land meant for the new runway.

  The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), a think-tank based in London, the United Kingdom, has opposed the plan to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport saying that the proposed runway will be a “white elephant” unless aviation is made “greener.” 

  As a part of the efforts taking place around the world to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from aircraft that contributes to global warming, Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, has conducted a demonstration flight using biofuel. 

Airbus Industrie, the aircraft-manufacturing giant based in Toulouse, France, has test-flown one of its Airbus A320 jets with new winglets designed and developed by Aviation Partners, a private corporation based in a Seattle, Washington, the United States, which produces and markets winglet systems.

The government of the United Kingdom has decided to raise the tax for flying out of British airports by at least 10% and, in some cases, the tax will double by 2010 with a view to reducing emissions from aviation.

The government of the United Kingdom has agreed to include the aviation and shipping sectors in its ambitious climate change Bill, a law that aims to set targets to cut emissions of greenhouse-gases.